"wife beater" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wife beaters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wife beater (countable and uncountable, plural wife beaters)
  1. Alternative spelling of wifebeater Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: wifebeater
    Sense id: en-wife_beater-en-noun-Z-OC3Pcd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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